頭 — du

Parts that make up 頭

How 頭 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 頭 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 豆, 頁.

Korean example words with 頭

• 준두準頭 Korean gloss: 코의 끝
• 초두初頭 Korean gloss: 맨 처음
• 두위頭圍 Korean gloss: 머리 둘레
• 역두驛頭 Korean gloss: 역의 앞쪽
• 염두念頭 Korean gloss: 마음의 속
• 권두卷頭 Korean gloss: 책의 첫머리
• 어두語頭 Korean gloss: 말의 첫머리
• 진두陣頭 Korean gloss: 일의 맨 앞
• 두발頭髮 Korean gloss: 머리에 난 털
• 연두年頭 Korean gloss: 새해의 첫머리
• 검두劍頭 Korean gloss: 검의 머리 부분
• 공두空頭 Korean gloss: 보람 없이 헛됨

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 頭

• 冒頭ぼうとう beginning; opening; start
• 先頭せんとう head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead
• 店頭てんとう shopfront; storefront; shopwindow
• 頭取とうどり leader; head; chief
• 街頭がいとう (on the) street
• 念頭ねんとう (on one's) mind; heed
• 筆頭ひっとう brush tip; first on a list; head
• 会頭かいとう society president
• 頭痛ずつう headache
• 台頭たいとう rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head
• 頭部とうぶ head
• 口頭こうとう oral; verbal; spoken

Characters sharing the phonetic 豆

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “두”

Other hanja with radical 頁